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JANUARY WHIRLS: a month of not-shopping sprees on both sides of the Atlantic
As a part of the series of actions taking place in the US and the
UK called 'January Whirls', a group of not-shoppers will be
taking their consumption awareness performance to the glittering, blinking
heart of consumerism, Times Square, New York.
On Sunday, January 26 at 2:00 PM they will begin by whirling with empty
trolleys .... Later using special interactive surveillance-attracting
headgear and participatory spelling tactics the group will be playing
shopping 'SCRABBLE' at TOYS R US in Times Square NYC.
During a Whirl-Mart event, a group of people gather
and perform a not-shopping intervention in a cathedral
of consumption, such as Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, or Asda.
The group creates a whirling train of empty trolleys
as they meander through the aisles of the store.
The locations for January Whirls were...
January 5 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA
January 12 - Nottingham UK | Brighton UK | Germany
January 19 - Glasgow UK
January 26 - New York City, USA
More events planned for February/ March. If you would like to participate in
a whirl or create a non-shopping event in your area contact:
me@mydads stripclub.com
Images from the Nottingham event Praise the Product
http://www.mydadsstripclub.com/asdaprayers.htm
more info on whirling: http://www.breathingplanet.net/whirl
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"We believe that convenience is not convenient"
Reverend Billy Church of Stop Shopping
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